GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote

[In It to Win It]

AP via Yahoo News

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.

Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to order the three-member Otero County commission to certify June 7 primary election results to ensure voters are not disenfranchised and that political candidates have access to the general election ballot in November.

On Monday, the commission in its role as a county canvassing board voted unanimously against certifying the results of the primary without raising specific concerns about discrepancies, over the objection of the county clerk.

[dixiechiken1]

1. Here we go...

[Retrograde]

2. November is going to be interesting

I like my elections dull and accurate.

[Joinfortmill]

3. Fuck this.

[Takket]

4. this is a test case for what will go nation wide in november

the gop will upend all our votes.

[onecaliberal]

6. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[LoisB]

5. I guess the wrong candidate(s) won.

[Skittles]

9. yup

[onecaliberal]

7. Dominion should file litigation against the state.

[Quanto Magnus]

19. those individuals blocking the

results should be targeted and the county

[onecaliberal]

20. For an obscene amount of money. Bankrupt these pricks and their backward states.

[Ohio Joe]

8. This is that 'cowboys for trump' shithead...

Also from the link in the OP:

Members of the Otero County commission include Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin, who ascribes to unsubstantiated claims that Trump won the 2020 election. Griffin was convicted of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds — though not the building — amid the riots on Jan. 6, 2021, and is scheduled for sentencing later this month. He acknowledged that the standoff over this primary could delay the outcome of local election races.

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The Otero County commission voted last week to recount ballots from the statewide primary election by hand, remove state-mandated ballot drop boxes that facilitate absentee voting and discontinue the use of Dominion vote tabulation machines in the general election.

On Monday, Holmes said those instructions from the county commissions conflict with state and federal election law, and that she would only recount the election by hand under a court order.

“The election law does not allow me to hand tally these ballots or to even form a board to do it. I just can’t,” said Holmes, a Republican. “And I’m going to follow the law.”

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they are just saying 'nuh uh'... They admit there is nothing about the vote to stop certification.

[ZonkerHarris]

10. This is the nationwide plan by the GOP folks. Get ready for November when this happens EVERYWHERE

the GOP are in charge

[BSdetect]

11. This insanity must be ended.

[alittlelark]

12. NM is a blue state with pockets of cray-cray

It will work out.

[NCLefty]

13. They are going to wreck every election they can. Their golden idol showed them the way...

[BlueIdaho]

14. So how much does a do-over with paper ballots cost?

Let’s hope it bankrupts the State GOP party.

[lees1975]

15. If that county votes in a manner that would elect idiots like that to their commission

then it might be a good thing for their county's votes not to count in the general election. These MAGAts might wind up sabotaging themselves.

Its worth a look. A Democratic secretary of state could check and see if the ballot count of any given county is pro-Republican and then not worry about taking it to the court.

That would be grossly unfair to the voters in the county, but then, they should be more careful of whom they elect to the commission. Never vote for anyone who believed the election was stolen, even if they are only running for dogcatcher. I always ask.

[moonshinegnomie]

16. what should be done

1) the state supreme court certifies the ballots over the county commissions objection
2) the court removes the county commissioners from office
3) the court revokes the voting privileges of the commissioners

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Didn't get the results they wanted

[duhneece]

18. I'm living in a nightmare. MY County

Yes, Cowboys for Trump land.
I’m grateful for local Democratic leadership and Dems.
It’s overwhelmingly frustrating to speak up, be falsely accused of making threats, having the Republican Party try to use Sheriff to remove me from legally electioneering, watch a friend removed from meeting for holding his hand up.

[DFW]

21. Coal mine? Let me introduce you to my pet canary.....................

We're on the Titanic, and someone just showed us the tip of the iceberg.

[Half-step]

22. Definitely a canary

Everyone will want to know if this boat will hold water.

Ok, so that was two metaphors, but...